It is 8 am and I just checked on the chicks. They were all cuddled up on top of each other sleeping. They are so cute! When Liam and Logan get up I will move them into a box until we get back to school. I can’t wait for you all to see them.
I am about to turn in for the night but I wanted to let everyone know that 8 chicks have hatched. Most of them are all black but two are yellow and one looks like he/she is a mix of yellow and black. As far as hatching goes, we have had a very busy and successful day. The chicks are all cuddled up on top of each other. The O’Neil family was out for a bit tonight, but I was watching on the webcam our progress and at one point tonight the chicks had a visit from our cat Molly. You could see her yellow eye glowing on the other side of the incubator. I am sure if you watch more tonight you will see our other black cat Macy check them out too. She was watching them from our tall chairs before, but Molly was the one who was really interested in what all the excitement was. The chicks are really noisy and drawing a lot of attention. Hope everyone had as much fun watching the chicks hatch as I did. Good night my little friends!
5/17/2013
Good Morning Everyone! The excitement is buzzing in our room! Three chicks have pipped through the egg just a tiny bit. Keep checking the webcam for our hatching progress.
At this point we have five chicks that have pipped through. They are moving slowly as chipping through the egg is a lot of work. If we are really quiet we can hear the chicks peeping. Keep watching our chicks atwww.ustream.tv search for raising chickens for the live web feed.
While the kids were at recess the first chick hatched from it’s egg. He is all black and is quite feisty. Mrs. Candee was watching this little one hatch live with her whole office on the Webcam. So, at 12:40 pm, Winner hatched from his egg. The kids named this one Winner because he/she was the first to hatch.
At 2:15 pm the whole class got to watch Sec hatching. It took 15 minutes to get out of the egg. Kieran named him Sec because he was the second to hatch and Sec made a better chicken name than Second. The whole class agreed. Although he did have an egg shell stuck on his head for a long time so we considered Shell Head but decided that Sec was a nicer name.
I took the incubator home with me for the weekend because I was afraid to leave them alone all weekend. (I am such a mother hen!). It was a long bump ride to the O’Neil’s but two more chicks hatched in the car. I named one Rumble and the other one Bump. They are all black so far. The webcam is back up and one more is trying to poke his way through.
5/14/2013
Last Thursday, Joe Beres volunteered his time to come to our class and talk to us about hatching animals from eggs. He has been hatching quail, ostrich and chickens from eggs at his home for a long time. Mr. Beres showed us what a fertilized egg looks like when you crack it opened. We saw a tiny white spot on the yoke.
Then we looked at a development chart for the chickens inside their eggs. Mr. Beres used a special light and held it up to two of our eggs. We could see a dark spot up on the top of the egg. Mr. Beres thinks they were about 12 to 13 days in development. Which goes right along with our calendar that we have been keeping track with.
Thank you to Mr. Beres for coming in and sharing his knowledge with our class.
Mrs. O'Neil's Class KidBlog
Ustream of the Chicks -
It is 8 am and I just checked on the chicks. They were all cuddled up on top of each other sleeping. They are so cute! When Liam and Logan get up I will move them into a box until we get back to school.
I can’t wait for you all to see them.
I am about to turn in for the night but I wanted to let everyone know that 8 chicks have hatched. Most of them are all black but two are yellow and one looks like he/she is a mix of yellow and black. As far as hatching goes, we have had a very busy and successful day. The chicks are all cuddled up on top of each other.
The O’Neil family was out for a bit tonight, but I was watching on the webcam our progress and at one point tonight the chicks had a visit from our cat Molly. You could see her yellow eye glowing on the other side of the incubator. I am sure if you watch more tonight you will see our other black cat Macy check them out too. She was watching them from our tall chairs before, but Molly was the one who was really interested in what all the excitement was. The chicks are really noisy and drawing a lot of attention.
Hope everyone had as much fun watching the chicks hatch as I did.
Good night my little friends!
5/17/2013
Good Morning Everyone! The excitement is buzzing in our room! Three chicks have pipped through the egg just a tiny bit. Keep checking the webcam for our hatching progress.
At this point we have five chicks that have pipped through. They are moving slowly as chipping through the egg is a lot of work. If we are really quiet we can hear the chicks peeping. Keep watching our chicks atwww.ustream.tv search for raising chickens for the live web feed.
While the kids were at recess the first chick hatched from it’s egg. He is all black and is quite feisty. Mrs. Candee was watching this little one hatch live with her whole office on the Webcam. So, at 12:40 pm, Winner hatched from his egg. The kids named this one Winner because he/she was the first to hatch.
At 2:15 pm the whole class got to watch Sec hatching. It took 15 minutes to get out of the egg. Kieran named him Sec because he was the second to hatch and Sec made a better chicken name than Second. The whole class agreed. Although he did have an egg shell stuck on his head for a long time so we considered Shell Head but decided that Sec was a nicer name.
I took the incubator home with me for the weekend because I was afraid to leave them alone all weekend. (I am such a mother hen!). It was a long bump ride to the O’Neil’s but two more chicks hatched in the car. I named one Rumble and the other one Bump. They are all black so far. The webcam is back up and one more is trying to poke his way through.
5/14/2013
Last Thursday, Joe Beres volunteered his time to come to our class and talk to us about hatching animals from eggs. He has been hatching quail, ostrich and chickens from eggs at his home for a long time. Mr. Beres showed us what a fertilized egg looks like when you crack it opened. We saw a tiny white spot on the yoke.
Then we looked at a development chart for the chickens inside their eggs. Mr. Beres used a special light and held it up to two of our eggs. We could see a dark spot up on the top of the egg. Mr. Beres thinks they were about 12 to 13 days in development. Which goes right along with our calendar that we have been keeping track with.
Thank you to Mr. Beres for coming in and sharing his knowledge with our class.